His value bombed going from 15 goals in 48 games to 2 goals in 20. Am I the only seeing this? As I explained, teams want plug and play players at the deadline and if there's a doubt that you can come in and produce your value goes down.
You and a few other “special” posters here might be the only people focussing exclusively on a 20 game stretch 12 months ago, yes. One where he actually scored 10 pts in 20 games.
Considering he went on to play another 61 games and scored 17 goals and 41 pts after that, it seems incredibly myopic to believe teams continued to focus solely on a 20 game stretch to evaluate a player. I mean if Minnesota has traded Eric Staal, would other teams have focussed on the 3 goals he scored with the Rangers after the 2015-16 TDL, or the 42 goals he scored this year?
And Motte is signed next season. Geesh. I should clarify that for Florida, a "cap dump" includes a salary dump.
So when Benning acquires 24 year old former first round picks stuck in the minors it’s a viable strategy but when Detroit does it it’s a cap dump?
Interesting consistency.